Новости за 26.10.2016

Obamacare’s marketplaces aren’t just struggling with higher premiums — they’ll also have significantly less competition next year.

“We’ve never had anything like this happen in any of our elections before,” said Hillary Clinton at the final presidential debate, referring to the Russian-directed hacks aimed at influencing the US election. She was right in the narrow sense: 2016 is witnessing a new combination of Russian cyber and political warfare directed at the United States.

Shocked neighbours heard screams and saw flames, but were unable to help the six people who died killed in a house fire in Bonteheuwel.

Donald Trump has a 2 percentage point edge over Hillary Clinton in Florida, according to a new poll released Wednesday, as both presidential campaigns blanket the critical swing state in a full sprint to Election Day. A new Bloomberg Politics poll finds Trump ahead of Clinton, 45% to 43% — well within the poll’s 3.2 […]

Migrants torched dozens of makeshift shelters in “The Jungle” refugee camp in France on Wednesday, sending raging fires through the heart of the settlement that firefighters were struggling to extinguish. A single fire was lit in the early hours of the morning, but by 11 am local time, dozens of tents and shacks were ablaze, […]

Debaga, Iraq (CNN) — Zainab’s eyes are hazel, and a sliver of olive skin peeks from the stretchy turquoise scarf wrapped tightly around her face. Over her shoulder is an insulated bag with the word “Lunch” on it that she is using as a purse. Her nails are lacquered red, the tips just starting to […]

As an incoming freshman at the University of Wisconsin, kicker Rafael Gaglianone attempted to navigate his way through his first in-state camp with Kohl’s Kicking.

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Tesla will report third-quarter earnings after the markets close on Wednesday, and then follow with a conference call for analysts.

What should be be looking for? The chatter about what analysts expect ranges from a loss — which would be nothing new — to modest profit.

The keys things investors will be focusing on:

Do more deliveries mean profits?

Tesla delivered 24,500 vehicles in the third quarter, its best ever, and the company said that it... Читать дальше...

Don't mess with the board, man

World Economic Forum says slowing efforts to close gaps in pay and work force participation mean men and women won’t reach economic equality for another 170 years

With the Daesh hub of Mosul besieged by Iraqi forces and the Kurdish Peshmerga, the operation to retake Iraq's largest cities from the hands of terrorists may see thousands of them flooding into Europe, given that Daesh is no stranger to forging passports.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists: Airstrikes outside a school in Idlib province in northern Syria kill at least 17, mostly children.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists: Airstrikes outside a school in Idlib province in northern Syria kill at least 17, mostly children.

Rapper Azealia Banks has some serious issues. She posted a link on Facebook yesterday – to skin bleaching products designed for children. According to Azealaia – the products, which sell for $79 include: instructions. I didn’t add vitamin c because vitamin c can REALLY boost the skin lightening effects and I think you should all […]

Durban domestic worker Avontalent Tanhera’s spicy, two-coloured plaited bread was undoubtedly the show-stopper of the second episode of 'The Great South African Bake Off' 2016. She served it up with a cooling cucumber dip

The Obama administration wants to ban agreements prohibiting workers from moving to rivals, saying it would lead to a more competitive labor market.

Microwave ovens allow us to bring food straight out of the freezer and have it on the table, ready to eat, in the space of a few minutes.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin is ready to cooperate with any future US leader, be it Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, in order to promote the interests of Russia.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Illinois (AP) — Sears is sweetening the rewards for its MasterCard customers linked to its loyalty program, letting them earn more points at many stores.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Illinois (AP) — Sears is sweetening the rewards for its MasterCard customers linked to its loyalty program, letting them earn more points at many stores.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Illinois (AP) — Sears is sweetening the rewards for its MasterCard customers linked to its loyalty program, letting them earn more points at many stores.

ANKARA (Reuters) - A planned operation to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State should be carried out by local forces and the Kurdish YPG militia should not be included, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday. The United States regards the YPG as an ally in its fight against Islamic State, but Turkey regards it as a terrorist organization because of its links with Kurdish militants fighting a three-decade insurgency in Turkey. Cavusoglu was speaking at a news conference in Ankara. Читать дальше...

Carlyle Group LP swung to a third-quarter profit as rising markets buoyed its portfolio and offered a continued opening to sell out of investments of years past. The Washington, D.C. private-equity firm reported a profit of $800,000 for the period ended Sept. 30. On a per-share basis, Carlyle lost 2 cents, because of the accounting treatment of certain ownership units held by Carlyle's founders, which didn't receive a tax benefit.

Sears is sweetening the rewards for its MasterCard customers linked to its loyalty program, letting them earn more points at many stores.